Abstract: A carburetor valve and limiter cap assembly for limiting adjustment of fuel flow in a carburetor may include a needle valve and a limiter cap. The needle valve may have a tip, a threaded portion, a head having a flange with an outer diameter greater than the rest of the head, and one or more serrations formed on the head. The limiter cap may have a sidewall, a tab extending outwardly from the sidewall, a first cavity having an inner diameter sized for an interference fit with the flange, and at least one driving feature to engage at least one serration so that rotation of the limiter cap causes rotation of the needle valve. The interference fit between the flange and the limiter cap inhibits removal of the limiter cap from the needle valve to prevent undesired adjustment of the needle valves by an end user.

Abstract: A developer cartridge includes a developer storing portion that stores a developer and has a first opening for taking out the developer, and a shutter member slidably mounted to the developer storing portion so as to open and close the first opening. The shutter member has a resilient-member-fixing portion to which a resilient member is fixed for preventing leakage of the developer through between the shutter member and the developer storing portion. A deflectable part is provided on at least one of the resilient-member-fixing portion and a peripheral portion of the first opening of the developer storing portion.

Abstract: A flexible flat cable capable of having good flexibility and good bending strength while reducing a thickness thereof without damaging a good electrical characteristic of a strip structure and capable of enhancing cost effectiveness is provided. The flexible flat cable includes: an air-containing layer, serving as an insulating member, having a width substantially the same as a transmission path width of a cable body including a plurality of conductors arranged in a prescribed pitch, the air-containing layer being disposed in such a manner as to sandwich the cable body from both sides; and shield members disposed in such a manner as to cover a surface of the air-containing layer and to be conductively connected to a ground layer at terminal portions of both ends of the cable body. The air-containing layer includes non-woven fabrics cut in a width substantially the same as the transmission path width of the cable body.

Abstract: A carburetor valve and limiter cap assembly for limiting adjustment of fuel flow in a carburetor may include a needle valve and a limiter cap. The needle valve may have a tip, a threaded portion, a head having a flange with an outer diameter greater than the rest of the head, and one or more serrations formed on the head. The limiter cap may have a sidewall, a tab extending outwardly from the sidewall, a first cavity having an inner diameter sized for an interference fit with the flange, and at least one driving feature to engage at least one serration so that rotation of the limiter cap causes rotation of the needle valve. The interference fit between the flange and the limiter cap inhibits removal of the limiter cap from the needle valve to prevent undesired adjustment of the needle valves by an end user.

Abstract: A flexible flat cable capable of having good flexibility and good bending strength while reducing a thickness thereof without damaging a good electrical characteristic of a strip structure and capable of enhancing cost effectiveness is provided. The flexible flat cable includes: an air-containing layer, serving as an insulating member, having a width substantially the same as a transmission path width of a cable body including a plurality of conductors arranged in a prescribed pitch, the air-containing layer being disposed in such a manner as to sandwich the cable body from both sides; and shield members disposed in such a manner as to cover a surface of the air-containing layer and to be conductively connected to a ground layer at terminal portions of both ends of the cable body. The air-containing layer includes non-woven fabrics cut in a width substantially the same as the transmission path width of the cable body.

Abstract: It is to provide a flexible flat cable with a carrier tape capable of preventing conductors from being bent without increasing the cost of production. The flexible flat cable with the carrier includes a plurality of flexible flat cables 2 each of which has a plurality of conductors 2a sandwiched between two insulating materials 2b and arrayed substantially in parallel at a prescribed pitch, with the conductors 2a at opposite ends of each flexible flat cable exposed in a prescribed length, and a carrier tape 3 for supporting thereon surfaces of the flexible flat cables on one side thereof. The plural flexible flat cables are continuously arrayed and laminated with the carrier tape 3 in a state in which the conductors are individually cut off in half.

Abstract: A developer cartridge includes a developer storing portion that stores a developer and has a first opening for taking out the developer, and a shutter member slidably mounted to the developer storing portion so as to open and close the first opening. The shutter member has a resilient-member-fixing portion to which a resilient member is fixed for preventing leakage of the developer through between the shutter member and the developer storing portion. A deflectable part is provided on at least one of the resilient-member-fixing portion and a peripheral portion of the first opening of the developer storing portion.

Abstract: A stratified scavenging carburetor with a lost motion coupling permits limited relative movement of a throttle valve relative to an air valve so that initial opening of the throttle valve off idle does not open the air valve to avoid diluting with scavenging air the fuel and air mixture delivered to an engine. Rotation of the throttle valve beyond a predetermined amount from idle causes a corresponding opening of the air valve to provide scavenging air to the engine. Closing a choke valve engages a lock lever with the throttle valve to move the throttle valve off idle to a start position without opening the air valve. In another embodiment, closing the choke valve prevents the air valve from opening even if the throttle valve is moved beyond where the throttle valve would cause the air valve to open if the choke valve were open. Thus, a richer than normal fuel and air mixture can be supplied to the engine during a choke-assisted start and warm-up of the engine.

Abstract: A stratified scavenging carburetor with a lost motion coupling permits limited relative movement of a throttle valve relative to an air valve so that initial opening of the throttle valve off idle does not open the air valve to avoid diluting with scavenging air the fuel and air mixture delivered to an engine. Rotation of the throttle valve beyond a predetermined amount from idle causes a corresponding opening of the air valve to provide scavenging air to the engine. Closing a choke valve engages a lock lever with the throttle valve to move the throttle valve off idle to a start position without opening the air valve. In another embodiment, closing the choke valve prevents the air valve from opening even if the throttle valve is moved beyond where the throttle valve would cause the air valve to open if the choke valve were open. Thus, a richer than normal fuel and air mixture can be supplied to the engine during a choke-assisted start and warm-up of the engine.

Abstract: A printer 1 provided integrally with an image reading unit 2 which comprises a handy scanner 3 for reading a draft and an automatic draft feeder 4 on which the handy scanner 2 is detachably mounted for automatically conveying the draft wherein a draft jammed in the image reading unit 2 can be easily removed and a scanner hopper 31 is provided over the automatic draft feeder 4 to be turnable about a shaft 32 thereof. A tip end portion 31b of the scanner hopper 31 is urged upward by a spring 36 and a rear end 31a of the scanner hopper 31 is positioned close to the shaft 27 of a separating roller 9. The handy scanner 3 is fixedly positioned to the automatic draft feeder 4 by way of latches 23 and 24.

Abstract: A development device has a developer tank for housing a developer, a development roll disposed within the developer tank on one end portion thereof, a magnetic roll included in the development roll via a sleeve for attracting the developer onto the circumferential surface of the sleeve, a photosensitive drum disposed facing to the development tank keeping a finely prescribed distance thereto for carrying an electrostatic latent image thereon, and a magnetic member disposed in the vicinity of an opening for development in the development tank axially of the development roll for allowing lines of magnetic force from the magnetic roll to pass therethrough thereby preventing the developer on the photosensitive drum from being substantially affected by a magnetic field from the magnet roll.

Abstract: A cleaning device for a photosensitive drum a rotatable cylindrical device including a permanent magnet, for carrying toner wiped off the surface of the photosensitive drum, a scraper for making contact with the peripheral surface of the rotatable cylindrical device, and a rotary blade formed of a magnetic material. The rotary blade scrapes off the toner blocked by the scraper upon rotation of the rotary blade so as to force the toner to fall off for toner recovery.